Side-delivery rake.



H. B. HOLTVOIGT.

SIDE DELIVERY RAKE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 1914 1 ,2410 ,45 1 Patented Sept. 18, 1917.

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Mmnup H. B. HOLTVOIGT.- SIDEDELIVERY RAKE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 6, 9M.

1,240,451. Patented Sept. 18, 1917.

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UNITED STATES PATENT onnica.

HENRY 3B. HOLTVOIGT, or narrow, orrro, assrenon ro THE OHIO BAKE-COMPANY, or

DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION or OHIO.

SIDE-DELIVERY RA E."

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 18, 191 '7 Application filed May 6, 1914. Serial No..836, 604.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY B. HOLTVOIGT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have I invented .certain new and useful Improvements .in

Side-Delivery Rakes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, refer.- ence being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention has relation to side delivery rakes wherein the rake teeth bars are pivoted in a-revolving reel, and eccentric means is employed to keep the rake teeth in a constant angle to the reel shaft or axle. In eccentric devices forthispurpose, particularly in agricultural implements, it has been customary to mount the eccentric disk loosely on the shaft, and hold it in fixed position on the frame of the rake by an adjustable red. It is the principal object of my invention to mount the eccentric upon an immovable bearing which is supported by the frame. The altering of its position toward the shaft has nothing to do with the shaft itself, and the revolving shaft has no frictional pull on the eccentric of any kind. I also desire to improve the means for mounting the rake reel shaft so that it can be easily raised and lowered by tilting it in its hanger. These objects I accomplish, together with other advantages, by that certain construction and arrangement of parts to be more specifically pointed out and claimed.

:In the drawings,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the transmission side of my side delivery rake.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation, showing the driving gears and rake shaft adjusting means, with other parts removed the section being taken just inside of the right carrying wheel.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation, showing the eccentric'mounting and adjusting means, with other parts removed.

Fig. 4c is a detail, in section, of the shaft supporting means.

Fig. 5 is a central vertical sectionof the eccentric strap and internal gear.

Fig, 6 is a detail section of the hanger journal taken at an angle to show the T- shaped lug on the inner periphery thereof.

It is the familiar practice in side delivery rakes of the type herein, to provide a means for mounting a reel on a diagonally extend- .ing shaft, to provide an eccentric device .proper relation with the ground. so as to give a clawing motlon to the matter to be raked. j In my invention, any desired form of rake mounting can be employed. and my invent onhas relation to certam details of construction and adjustment which is all that is believed necessary to specifically describe. j 1

. The rake has carrying wheels 1 and a main axle 2 on which is mounted, as customary, the frame work 3, havinga large journal 4L through which the axle passes. The side delivery or diagonal frame 5.is secured at its forward end to the frame 3 in'the usual manner and has a sleeve bearing 6 for the axle 2. The reels, one at each end of the raking device and having reel arms'l', are fixedly mounted on the shaft 8 in any desired manner, said shaft 8 being supported as will be described at its forward end, extending across beneath the frame 5 and provided with any desired mounting at the rear end of the diagonal frame, said mounting being in a slotted bearing to permit the shaft to be tipped up in it, as will be described.

- The rake bars 92 which have mounted fixedly on them the rake teeth 93, in the usual manner, have suitably secured to them the supporting lateral members 9, and extend through and are journaled in the ends of the reel arms 7. These supporting members have strut reinforcing rods 91, which are mounted thereon by means of brackets 91 and may be provided with turn. buckles (not shown) I for purposes of taking them up should it be necessary. If the strut rods are not used, there is found to be a sagging in the middle of the rake bars and the supporting members which seriously interferes with the proper working of the machine.

To mount the shaft 8 at the transmission end, a roller bearingll (Fig. 4) is held on the end of the shaft by a cap 12. On,this roller bearing and likewise held by the cap 12 is a sleeve 13, having a central peripheral rib 14. I I

It has been found that toraise one end'of the rake shaft 8 is sufficient to remove the rake teeth from contact with the ground, and accordingly this is all that is done here.

InLso doing, however,.it is necessary to provide a hanger which will allow the shaft to rest diagonally as well ashorizontallytherein, and therefore I provide the hanger 15 havinga journal 16, to loosely supportthe sleeve 13 above-'mentioned.-'

This journal 16' has aninterior lug 26 which bearsagain'st the rib la; and a T shaped-lug, with the top part2? of the T bearing against the -rib,- and the other part 28' passi-ngthrough a cut-away portion of the rib l t (not shown). This part'28 prevents the sleeve 13 from rotating in the journal-16 and throwsuall't-he*revolution of the shaft *on the roller bearings 11;-

Since the space 29 'is-left between the journal and the sleeve, it can be seen that if the journal-is raised, thereby tipping up the shaft, that the sleeve may readily assume a diagonal positioninthe journal. To accommodate it inthis latter position, theend of the journal 1-6is cut away-at 30, sothatthere is nothing to interfere with the edge of the sleeve when slanted. in the journal as-described-.-

The other end 5101? the hanger 15' is journaledon the axle2 of the machine. A vertical socket 17 in the hanger receives a lever ar1nl85 A spring pawl 19' on the upper end of this arm seats in the notches'20 "of a large quadrant--21, secured to the frames 3 and 5. As'th'e hanger 15 is mounted on the shaft 2 which carries the-gear 23, and the gear'22 is mounted onthe shaft 3 supported in the bearing 16 of the hangeryas the hanger is rocked by the hand lever ls 'to raise and lower theshaft 8, the gears '22 and23'will always remain in mesh.

To adjust the position of the shaft, the pawlis pulled up,the lever swung and the j ournal-bearing llraised, thereby raising the shaft and with it the reels 7.

To drive the shaft 8, a beveled gear 22 is mounted on the shaft; to mesh with a beveled gear 23 loosely mounted on:the aXle 2. A clutch-member Qatmounted to slide but not rotate'on the axle is employed to'impart motion to the gear 23, and thence: :to the shaft '8 in the ordinary manner.

It is believed that the operation of the rake reels'is now clear, without further remailsand. it remains to describe thereccentl'ic means for maintaining the rake teeth in a constant vertical position. i

Mounted loosely on the rake sha'ftS is a segment'gear 35the hub of which has an arm" 34 integral therewitlr by which the gear is secured to the bar'3l'l' Thebar 31 is connected to the frame 5, through the a pin and slot connection 32, 33, whereby the shaft 8 may be raised and lowered without breaking the connection." An eccentric'36 with internal gearteeth' 37, meshes with the gear 35.

An arm 38 on the eccentric is pivotally con- I nected with a lever arm 39. This adjusting in or pulled out asdesired, thereby rotating the ear 37' on the se ment 6212035 I.

D C D The eccentric strap 44: is rotatably nounted on the eccentric 36'. This is accomplished by providing a flange. :45- on the eccentric,

andsecuringto'the eccentric a holding plate 46, which extends at 47 over the. outside -.of the eccentric strap. Thusthe flange 45 holds the strap. in one directiom andlthe plate 46 holds it at the other.

On the strap are the arms 48, onwvhich are pivoted the crank arms d9. These arms-rare mounted on" the ends of the revolubly mounted rake bars 92. Now in View of the fact that the eccentric is held on non-revolving parts of the machine and the strap arms areconnected by cranks to the .rakebairs,"-it is plain that'the rotation of the reel will '95 cause the strapito rotate on the eccentric and maintainxthe rake teeth -in .-a constant: angular position with: reference to theground.

The eccentric is in two parts, a segment gear for the-.reel shaft and antinterna'lly 10 geared ringin meshtherewi-th'. I This makes the adjustment of the parts :easy, the mountmg of them facile, and takes strain off iOf the shaft'andthe frame by having two opposed members (the lever 39' and the arm 5 31) I holding'the eccentric parts against -rotation.

The operation of myimproved' side delivery rake is as follows: The movement for the rake reels is transmitted to the rake shaft 8 through-the rotation of the main axle 2 as the carryingvwheels fixedion :the main axle are moved over thezground; f The sliding clutch 24, which is of the ordinary well'known kind; of ratchet 2 clutch; keyed on l1 5 the axle 2 to slide thereon, is :shifted to -en:- gage the teeth on the hub of the largebeveled gear; 23. which is loosely mountedon the maiiraxle so that :the gear 23-will;.-i'otate with the rotation of the axle. The large gearv =23: meshes wvith the beveled gear- 22 which is keyed on the inner end of the rake shaft 8v so that the rake shaft is rotatedwith the movement .iof theumachinev over-the ground, when the slidingclutch 2A is thrown into:engage1nent with the gear The ro tation :ofthevrake'shaft .8 carries with. it the reelsT, which are keyed on theashaft 8, and.wvitlrthese-reels the rake bars and rake teeth are rotated. a The inner ends-of the 13C rake bars 92 carrying the rake teeth are also slowly rotated to maintain the rake teeth 93 in proper angular position to the ground as the reels are rotated, inasmuch as the crank arms 49 on the inner ends of the rake bars 92 are coupled to the arms 48 of the eccentric strap n, which is mounted as described on the eccentric ring 36. As shown in Fig. 3, the center of the eccentric ring 36 is to the left of the center of the rake shaft 8.

The eccentric 36 is mounted in fixed relation to the rake shaft 8 by reason of the engagement of the internal gear teeth 37 on this eccentric with the teeth of the gear which is mounted loosely on the rake shaft 8. The gear 35 is connected by the arm 31 with the rake frame 5 by the pin and slot connection 32, 33, so that the gear 35 is held in fixed position while the shaft rotates. The eccentric 36 is locked in position by the lever arm 39 which engages the pin on the stud 40 mounted in the frame 5. Inasmuch as the eccentric strap 44 rides on the eccentric 36 and this eccentric strap is connected by arms 48 and the crank arms l9, which are mounted in the outer ends of the' reels 7, and as the reel shaft 8 is supported in fixed position by the hanger 15, the centers of the eccentric and of the rake shaft 8 maintain a fixed relation to each other.

\Vhen it is desired to change the position of the eccentric, so as to vary the angular position of the rake teeth 93, the lever bar 39 is released from the pin 41 and the eccentric is rocked. The result of this movement is that the center of the eccentric 36 turns around the center of the rake shaft 8. The teeth of the segment gear 35 are held in fixed position inasmuch as the bar 31 is connected to the rake frame 5 and therefore the eccentric merely travels around on these teeth, shifting the centers so as to change the position of the arms 48 to the cranks 49 on the rake bars 92.

Now when it is desired to raise the reels and rake teeth from the ground, the operator releases the latch 19 from the segment 20 (Fig. 2) and rocks the hanger 15, which carries the bearing 16 for the inner end of the rake shaft and rocks on the axle 2 and thus raises up the inner end of the rake shaft, and as the reels, rake bars and rake teeth and eccentric construction are all mounted on the rake shaft, the raking portion of the machine is raised at the inner end. At the opposite or far end of the rake shaft 8, the shaft is mounted in the usual Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Washington, D. 0.

hanger dependent from the framework 5;

shaft has to be slotted or enlarged so as to allow the rake shaft to be raised and lowered at the inner end.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a side delivery rake, a main axle, a rake reel shaft, a hanger on the main axle, means for loosely holding one end of the rake reel shaft on said hanger so as to permit a tilting therein, and means for adjustably swinging the hanger, to tilt up or down the end of the rake reel shaft.

2. In a side delivery rake, a main axle, a rake reel shaft, a hanger on the main axle, means for horizontally and obliquely holding one end of the rake reel shaft on said hanger, and means for adjustably swinging the hanger to tilt up or down the end of the rake reel shaft, said shaft being loosely held in the hanger so as to tilt therein.

3. In a side delivery rake, a main axle, a rake reel shaft, a hanger on the main axle, a sleeve on the rake reel shaft, a collar on the hanger loosely mounted on the sleeve, means in the hanger to engage the sleeve axially and against revolution, and means for adjustably swinging the hanger to tilt up or down the end of the rake reel shaft.

4. In a side delivery rake, a main axle, a

rake reel shaft, a hanger on the main axle, a sleeve on the rake reel shaft, a peripheral rib on the sleeve, a collar on the hanger loosely mounted on the sleeve, means in the hanger to engage the rib on the sleeve axially and against revolution, and means for adjustably swinging the hanger to tilt up or down the end of the rake reel shaft.

5. In a side delivery rake, a main axle having a beveled gear thereon, rake members, a shaft for the rake members having a beveled gear in mesh with the first gear, a hanger revolubly mounted on the main shaft, and means for mounting the rake shaft in the hanger, said hanger and gears being so positioned that the gears will remain in mesh when the hanger is in various positions and said shaft being loosely held in the hanger so as to tilt therein.

HENRY B. HOLTVOIGT.

Attest:

OSCAR F. DAVISSON, EDITH R. DAVIES.

Commissioner of Patents, 

